Edmonds heritage changes its course
WELL-BRED gelding Heritage Sash proved an apt final winner for Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds in his own name when he won at Caloundra yesterday.
Starting favourite, Heritage Sash ($2.20) gave Edmonds his 110th overall winner and his 48th in the 2018-19 Queensland metropolitan premiership, which finished yesterday.
It has been a good season for Edmonds but he hopes it will be even better in 2019-20 when he trains in a new partnership with his son Trent.
The partnership will have its first runners at the Coffs Harbour Cup meeting today.
Trent, 28, has played a key role in the stable and took star mare Houtzen to England for
three months this year in preparation for the Group 1 Kings Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot in June.
“He has been around for a while so it is time for him to take more responsibility,” Edmonds Sr said recently.
“Trent is very big on social media and hopefully he can start to bring younger owners into the stable.
“The partnership will give him a chance to get a higher profile.
“I am looking forward to the partnership and it seems to be the way to go.”
Heritage Sash is raced by the Segenhoe Stud who have been a great supporter of Edmonds.
“I was really pleased to win with Heritage Sash as she is by my favourite sire I Am Invincible and I trained her dam Spurs And Sashes to win five races,” Edmonds said.
BRISBANE trainer Lindsay Gough’s run of success with the family of broodmare Belle Salieri continued when Takes Time ($8) scored a fastfinishing win at the Sunshine Coast yesterday.
Belle Salieri won the 1997 Group 2 Dane Ripper Stakes at Eagle Farm but it was when her owner, the late Jack O’Hagan, sent her to stud that she really made a name for herself.
Her offspring and the foals of her daughters have won more than 50 races with most of them trained by Gough.